Guns of Icarus Alliance

 PlayStation 4
User Score
3.3

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 10
  3. Negative: 7 out of 10

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  1. McCoyPauley
    May 4, 2018
    8
    An enjoyable -- if rough around the edges -- coop multiplayer experience.

    Guns of Icarus is not a game for everyone. I would only recommend if you are interested in PvP. There is a PvE component, but I did not find it very compelling mainly due to poor enemy ship AI. But for those looking for competitive multiplayer, Guns of Icarus shines. It is a team game that rewards knowledge and    An enjoyable -- if rough around the edges -- coop multiplayer experience.

    Guns of Icarus is not a game for everyone. I would only recommend if you are interested in PvP. There is a PvE component, but I did not find it very compelling mainly due to poor enemy ship AI.

    But for those looking for competitive multiplayer, Guns of Icarus shines. It is a team game that rewards knowledge and cooperation. Some will find the gameplay tedious, and I can understand why. But to those who give it a chance, the real joy of the game is knowing your role, working seamlessly with your team, and blowing enemy airships out of the sky.

    Performance wise, this PS4 port is not great. It seems strange that a game over 5 years old cannot run at a consistent 60fps on console. Even with crossplay with PC, the player counts are fairly low. At launch, the waits for games have not been too bad, but I would expect the player numbers will soon dwindle.

    If you enjoy cooperative PvP games, try it out for $15, especially if you have a crew of 3 friends to bring with you. Maybe you like it, maybe you won't. For a particular type of person, this might be their favorite game in many years.    … Expand

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Metascore
67

Mixed or average reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. DualShockers
    May 27, 2018
    65
    Guns of Icarus Alliance works as a competitive multiplayer game still. It offers a unique steampunk setting with ship battles that are highly intensive and a lot of fun when you get a good lobby of people together. But with an annual player count of 80 to 200 players, newcomers should be prepared to prep themselves with tutorials and PVE content.
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  2. PlaySense
    May 14, 2018
    65
    Guns of Icarus is a hell of a lot of fun when playing online because of the required teamwork. There's plenty of ships to choose from which provides some highly needed variation. Audio-visually the game is a letdown and the AI is very dumb. The game also suffers from plenty of bugs that really need fixing sometime soon if you want to keep enjoying it. Apart from these gripes however, the game is still pretty entertaining.
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  3. Wccftech
    May 10, 2018
    73
    Guns of Icarus is the kind of game you might fall in love with if you go in with a team of pals, but if you go in alone you might spend a bit too much time waiting for other players and dealing with AI to be too besotted. It's a game that has so much potential, but will likely need a much wider playerbase to reach that point.
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